Elizabeth Reddy, Colorado School of Mines

The Sistema de Alerta Sísmica Mexicano is the world's oldest public earthquake early warning system. This talk by the author of the new book, ¡Alerta! (forthcoming in 2023 MIT Press), draws on over a decade of ethnographic and archival research to analyze how SASMEX and related Mexican efforts have sought to change relationships between the environment, society, and technology and develop insights relevant for risk mitigation projects more broadly. This talk will specifically address earthquake early warning in the context of ongoing, everyday life with both earthquakes and warnings—a project which can help us understand what it means for such projects to succeed, and what it will take to make that happen.